Guantanamo detainee attempts suicide during lawyer visit: report

WASHINGTON (AFP) — A Bahraini detainee at the US prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba attempted suicide during his lawyer's visit in a sign of growing desperation among the more than 500 detainees in the military camp, according to a newspaper report.

Jumah al-Dossari, who has been held since late 2001 after being seized in Pakistan, slashed his arm and hung himself from the ceiling during a bathroom break from talks with his US lawyer on October 15, the Washington Post reported.

While suicide attempts have been reported before in the Guantanamo prison, located on a US navy base in Cuba, it was the first to be witnessed by an outsider.

The newspaper said lawyers believe Dossari was reacting to nearly two years of solitary confinement and attempting to communicate his ...